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Make a remarkable first impression on your website visitors with a large headline & full-page background. How do you do it best? Do it through Create Pro, our new WordPress Theme! Create Pro is super easy to use and has unconventional out-of-the-box features. It is great for your personal, business or even organizational web portals. Create Pro is based on HTML5, CSS3 and designed with a mobile-first approach in mind. Your content display will always be clean, smooth and perfect regardless of whether your visitors reach you through smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. Create Pro a beautiful, yet professional WordPress site in no time! Check out Support Forum at https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/create-pro-premium/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/create/

Features in “Create” Free Theme:

  1. Responsive Design
  2. Site Identity: Option to add/edit Logo, Option to enable/disable Site Title and Tagline and add/edit Site Icon(Favicon/Web Clip Icon)
  3. Color: Option to select Background Color
  4. Header Image: Option to add Cusotm Header Image
  5. Background Image: Option to select Background Image
  6. Menus: Option to use Primary Menu and Social Menu
  7. Additional CSS: Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
  8. Excerpt Options: Option to change Excerpt Length and Read More Text
  9. Homepage/Frontpage Options: Select option to show post from selective category
  10. Layout Options:
    1. Frontpage Posts Layout: Option to choose from i. Primary Sidebar,Content and ii. No Sidebar (Full Width)
    2. Default Layout: Option to choose from i. Primary Sidebar,Content and ii. No Sidebar (Full Width)
    3. Archive Content Layout: Option to Show Excerpt(Image Top) and Show Full Content(No Featured Image)
    4. Single Page/Post Image Layout: Option to choose from i. Large, ii. Full Sized and iii. Featured Image
  11. Pagination Options: Option to choose Pagination type from Default, Numeric (Requires WP-PageNavi Plugin), Infinite Scroll(Click and Scroll: Requires JetPack Plugin with Infinite Scroll module enabled)
  12. Scrollup Options: Option to enable/disable Scroll Up
  13. Search Options: Option to change default display text in Search
  14. Social Menu : 23 different social icons to choose from
  15. Widget Areas: 2 widget areas registered: Sidebar and Into Widget
  16. Featured Slider: Option to enable/disable featured content on Homepage/FrontPage or entire site , option to select Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length of slides and option to highlight your featured pages in slider

Additional Features in “Create Pro” Premium Theme:

  1. Header Image: Option to disable/enable featured header image, add alt, title, link/URL, open link in new windows/tab and select Post/Page Featured image size
  2. Menus: Additional 1 Menu which totals to 3 custom menus: Primary Menu, Secondary Menu and Social Menu
  3. Comment Options: Option to enable/disable comments and website field
  4. Excerpt Options: Option to change Excerpt Length and Read More Text
  5. Feed Redirect: Option to redirect your feed to feedburner
  6. Font Family Options: Option to choose Default Font Family, Site Title and Tagline (Description) Font Family, Content Title Font Family, Headings Font Family, Content Body Font Family and Forms &
    Navigation Font Family
  7. Footer Editor Option: Option to edit/delete footer text
  8. Intro Widget Options: Additional option to enable/disable Intro Widget Section on Homepage/Frontpage, Excluding Homepage or Entire Site
  9. Layout Options:
    1. Frontpage Posts Layout Options: 3 frontpage posts layouts: i. Primary Sidebar, Content (Left Sidebar) and iii.No Sidebar(Full Width)
    2. Default Layout Options: Additional 2 default layouts, which makes a total of 3 Default Layout Options: i. Primary Sidebar, Content (Left Sidebar) and iii.No Sidebar (Full Width)
    3. Archive Content Layout: 2 archive content layouts: i. Show Excerpt and ii. Show Full Content (No Featured Image)
  10. Pagination Options: Option to choose Pagination type from Default, Numeric, Infinite Scroll(Requires JetPack Plugin with Infinite Scroll module enabled)
  11. Scroll Up: Option to disable/enable scroll up
  12. Update Notifier: Option to disable/enable Theme Update notifications
  13. WooCommerce Options: Option to enable/disable Zoom, Lightbox and Slider effects for WooCommerce Product Gallery
  14. Color Options: Additional option to use color picker to change
    various Header Color Options, Content Color Options, Social Color
    Options, Sidebar Color Options, Footer Sidebar Color Options and Footer
    Color Options
  15. Widget Areas: Additional 11 widget areas registered which makes a total of 13 Sidebars registered. That is, 1. Primary Sidebar, 2. Intro Widget Sidebar, 3. Optional Homepage Sidebar, 4. Optional Archive Sidebar, 5.
    Optional Page Sidebar, 6. Optional Post Sidebar, 7. Optional Sidebar One, 8. Optional Sidebar Two, 9. Optional Sidebar Three, 10. 404 Page Not Found Content Sidebar, 11. Footer Area One, 12. Footer Area Two and 13. Footer Area Three.

Installation Using the WordPress Administration Panel
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  1. Download Create Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
  3. Go to “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
  4. Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file create-pro.zip from the desktop where you have it downloaded
  5. Click on “Install Now” and then “Activate” to install the Theme

Manual Installation using FTP

To add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download Create Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Unzip create-pro.zip to your Desktop
  3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes/ and make sure that you do not already have a create-pro folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Create Pro
  4. Upload Create Pro to /wp-content/themes/
  5. Activate Create Pro through “Appearance => Themes”, in your
    WordPress Dashboard

Updating Theme Using the Administration Panel #

You can update Themes directly from the Administration Panel using Catch Updater plugin. Click here to read details about Catch Updater plugin.

Updating Theme Using FTP

To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download the latest version of Create Pro from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Unzip create-pro.zip to your Desktop
  3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Create Pro Theme which shall replace the old files

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.

Image Sizes:

Create Single
Width: 650px
Height: Flexible

Create Home
Width: 261px
Height: 196px

Create Header
Width: 1024px
Height: 350px

Create Site Logo(logo size for Jetpack)
Width: 300px
Height: Flexible

Custom Header Image
Width: Flexible (recommended width 1200px)
Height : Flexible (recommended height 350px)

How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?

  1. Open the editor of the post/page where you want to display image, and locate the Featured Image module in the bottom right corner under Page Attributes. Click on Choose a Featured Image.
  2. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and click on Set Featured Image.Click to view screenshot
  3. For more detail, click here to watch video Screencast

Regenerate Thumbnails #

If you have just changed your theme then you need to regenerate image thumbnail for post published before activating this theme. You can simply install Regenerate Thumbnails Plugin. Then Regenerate Thumbnails through “Tools => Regen. Thumbnails” in your WordPress Dashboard.

Widgets #

Create Pro currently has 13 widgetized (Sidebar) areas that are 1.Primary Sidebar, 2. Intro Widget Sidebar, 3. Optional Homepage Sidebar, 4.Optional Archive Sidebar, 5. Optional Page Sidebar, 6. Optional Post
Sidebar, 7. Optional Sidebar One, 8. Optional Sidebar Two, 9. Optional Sidebar Three, 10. 404 Page Not Found Content Sidebar, 11. Footer Area One, 12. Footer Area Two and 13. Footer Area Three. You can add a variety of
Widgets to this theme from “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance =>Customize => Widgets” in WordPress.

Create Pro offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard.

How do I replace default page menu to custom menu?
Create Pro theme will display page menu as the default menu items. You can create custom menu and to replace this page menu with your custom menu items.

  1. Create a new Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. You can now add in pages, custom links, category pages as per your need
  3. Then assign your custom menu location as “Primary Menu”, from “Appearance => Customize => Navigation” or “Appearance => Menus => Manage Locations”

How do I add the social links to the social menu?
Create Pro theme allows you display links to your social media profiles,like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on with genericons. Icons for your social links will automatically appear if it’s available.

  1. Create a new Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. You can now add in custom links for your social services. For example, http://twitter.com/catchthemes is our Twitter link.
  3. Then assign your custom menu location as “Social Menu”, from “Appearance => Customize => Navigation” or “Appearance =>Menus => Manage Locations”

Available icons: (Linking to any of the following sites will automatically display its icon in your social menu).
* Codepen
* Digg
* Dribbble
* Dropbox
* Facebook
* Flickr
* Foursquare
* GitHub
* Google+
* Instagram
* LinkedIn
* Email (mailto: links)
* Pinterest
* Pocket
* PollDaddy
* Reddit
* RSS Feed (urls with /feed/)
* Spotify
* StumbleUpon
* Tumblr
* Twitch
* Twitter
* Vimeo
* WordPress
* YouTube

Customizer (Theme Options) #

You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
  2. Uncheck “Check to disable logo” and it will display default logo
  3. You can replace the default logo by clicking on it or clicking on Change Image
  4. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to hide/display Site Title and Tagline? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
  2. Uncheck “Display Site Title and Tagline” and it will not display header text
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Header Image #

Custom Header Image is different from site logo. It’s a large global image in the header to obtain a much more personalized look and feel. To add header image, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”. Here, you can add/change/hide Header Image, select option to Enable Featured Header Image on, Position, Size and add in links and alt tag as per your website need.

Options to Enable Header Featured Image

When you are in “Appearance => Customize =>; Header Image”, you will see option “Enable Featured Header Image on”. There are 7 options, which gives you flexibility to add Header Image as per your website need.

Option 1: Homepage/Frontpage
This option will show header image in Homepage/Frontpage only.

Option 2: Excluding Homepage
This option will show header image throughout the site, excluding Homepage.

Option 3: Excluding Homepage, Page/Post Featured Image
This option will show header image throughout the site excluding Homepage. But in Page/Post, your header image will be replaced by Featured Image.

Option 4: Entire Site
This option will show header image throughout the site.

Option 5: Entire Site, Page/Post Featured Image
This option will show header image throughout the site. But in Page/Post, your header image will be replaced by Featured Image.

Option 6: Page and Post
This option will show Header Image in Page and Post only. But in Page/Post, your header image will be replaced by Featured Image.

Option 7: Disable
This option will disable Header Image completely.

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”
  2. Now, select enable options in “Enable Featured Header Image on”
  3. Click on “Add New Image” to add new header image
  4. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media
  5. Click on “Select and Crop” and you can either crop image or skip cropping
  6. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note: If you want to move header Image Position, choose the position of header below “Featured Header Image Position”

Comment Options #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Comment Options”
  2. Under “Comment Option” select desired option from Use WordPress setting, Disable in Pages and Disable Completely
  3. To disable website field, check option “Check to Disable Website Field”
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Additional CSS #

You can add your custom CSS that will overwrite the theme CSS for further design customization through “Appearance => Customize => Additional CSS”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

Note: If you are doing heavy customization and adding lot of custom css then we recommended to build Child Theme and add it in your child theme style.css file. Read More about child theme…

How to Change the Excerpt Length and More Tag Text?#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt Options”
  2. Type in the Excerpt Length as in, the number of words, and More Tag Text
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Feed Redirect #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Feed Redirect”
  2. Add Feed link below “Feed Redirect”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note: If you custom feed(s) are not handled by Feedblitz or Feedburner, do not use Redirect Options.

How to select different font for different sections?#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Font Family Options”
  2. Select desired font below each given section
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Footer Editor Options”
  2. Under Footer Left Content you can add html or plain text
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Options”
  2. Then select the category you want, and you may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key(windows)/Command Key(Mac)
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to add Fav Icon and Web Clip Icon? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Icon Options”
  2. Click on “Select” below “Select/Add Favicon” and then Upload or select the file from Media Library to add Fav Icon
  3. Click on “Select” below “Select/Add Web Clip Icon” and then Upload or select the file from Media Library to add Web Clip Icon
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note: If you want to remove Fav Icon and Web Clip Icon, just press “Remove” button below the respective images. Recommended size for Web clip icon- Width: 144px and Height: 144px, which will support high
resolution devices like iPad Retina.

Layout Options #

Create Pro has 3 Frontpage Posts Layout options, 3 Default Layout options, 3 Archive Content Layout options and 5 Page/Post Image Layout Options to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options
=> Layout Options”

Frontpage Posts Layout Options
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Frontpage Posts Layout Options” which will set our Frontpage Posts layout.

Default Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Default Layout Options” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Create
Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

WooCommerce Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Woocommerce Layout” which will set layout for WooCommerce pages.

Archive Content Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Archive Content Layout” which will set our site archive layout.

Single Page/Post Image Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Single Page/Post Image Layout” which will set our posts/page image layout.
Further, you have the choice of selecting Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual pages and posts through “Create Options => Single Page/Post Image Layout”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

How to edit individual posts/pages layout?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Clean Box Pro Options
  3. Then click on Layout Options
  4. You select required option under “Default”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to select optional sidebar for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Clean Box Pro Options
  3. Then click on Select Sidebar
  4. You can make the required changes by clicking on options under “Select Sidebar”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to enable/disable Header Featured Image for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Clean Box Pro Options
  3. Then click on Header Featured Image Options
  4. You can select option “Enable or Disbale”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to select Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Clean Box Pro Options
  3. Then click on Single Page/Post Image Layout
  4. You can select option “Featured, Slider, Full Size or Disable Image”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to change Pagination Options? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Pagination Options”
  2. Under Pagination Type, select desired option
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to disable Scrollup feature? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options =>
    Scrollup Options”
  2. Check option “Check to disable Scroll Up”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to disable Theme Update Notifications?#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Update Notifier Options”
  2. Check option “Check to disable update notifications”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to enable/disable Zoom, Lightbox and Slider effects for WooCommerce Product Gallery? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => WooCommerce Options”
  2. Check option “Check to disable Product Gallery Zoom”, to disable Product Gallery Zoom
  3. Check option “Check to disable Product Gallery Lightbox”, to disable Product Gallery Lightbox
  4. Check option “Check to disable Product Gallery Slider”, to disable Product Gallery Slider
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Color Options #

Create Pro has options to customize individual colors of various elements in the site through Color Picker options categorized in section such as Header Color Options, Content Color Options, Social Color Options,
Sidebar Color Options, Footer Sidebar Color Options and Footer Color Options.

To change the colors, go to “Appearance => Customize => Color Options”, then select Color Scheme, change individual colors and then click on “Save & Publish”

Create Pro supports 4 featured slider types: 1. Featured Post Slider, 2. Featured Page Slider, 3. Featured Category Slider and 4. Featured Image Slider. For Featured Slider, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider”

How to enable Featured Slider?#
Features page Slider Content is created to highlight your Page in the Slider Content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
  3. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider or Featured Image Slider”
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Featured Post Slider

Features post slider is created to highlight your Post in the slider. So, first you need to create a Post and then add Featured Image to the Post.

How to enable Featured Post Slider?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Post Slider”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select post, make sure your post have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

Featured Page Slider

Features page slider is created to highlight your Page in the slider. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

How to enable Featured Page Slider?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select page, make sure your page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

Featured Category Slider

Features category slider is created to highlight your posts from specific categories in the slider. So, first you need to create a Post, add Featured Image to the post and assign posts to specific category.

How to enable Featured Category Slider?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Category Slider”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select categories, make sure your posts in those categories have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

Featured Image Slider:

Featured Image Slider is created to highlight independent images in the slider. This slider gives you full control to upload your own independent image, with title (optional), content (optional), optional link and target. Just use the following simple steps to add in the Featured Image Slider.

How to enable Featured Image Slider?#
Features page Slider Content is created to highlight your Page in the Slider Content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Image Slider”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select page, make sure your page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

How to change Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length on Slider?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. To change Transition Effect, select option under “Transition Effect”
  4. To change Transition Delay, change number of second(s) under “Transition Delay” as per your need
  5. To change Transition Length, change number of second(s) under “Transition Length” as per your need
  6. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Image Loader#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Under “Image Loader”, select “True, False or Wait” as per your need
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
True: Fixes the height overlap issue. Slideshow will start as soon as two slider are available. Slide may display in random, as image is fetch.
Wait: Fixes the height overlap issue. Slideshow will start only after all images are available.

How to change number of slides and select Featured Page?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Under “No of Slider”, select the number slides as per your need
  4. Then, under “Featured Page #1, Featured Page #2, Featured Page #3 and Featured Page #4”, select desired page to show in slider
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How exclude Slider post from Homepage posts?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Check option, “Check to exclude Slider post from Homepage posts”
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Embed Multimedia into Posts or Pages #

For externally hosted videos (for example a YouTube or Vimeo video), you can directly paste the link of your video page into the content editor. You do not necessarily have to paste the embed code in the content. WordPress will automatically embed the video from the link.

Webmaster Tools #

We have moved Webmaster Tools to our plugin Catch Web Tools for better management and data
access. So, just install Catch Web Tools plugin and activate “Webmaster Tools” from Catch Web Tools plugin dashboard. You can verify your site on Google, Yahoo and Bing by adding in the IDs in the respective boxes through “Catch
Web Tools => Webmaster Tools” in your WordPress Dashboard. Further, you can add in the Google Analytic. Adding scripts in Header and Footer does not require you to edit codes through Webmaster Tools.

How to Insert Site Verification IDs?

  1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Site Verification” in your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Enter the Site Verification ID (Google, Yahoo, Bing) wherever you
    wish to verify your site
  3. Click on Save Changes button

How to Insert Analytics / Other Scripts in Header/Footer?

  1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Header and Footer Scripts” in your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Here you can add in various scripts like, google, facebook etc.
  3. Enter the script in upper text area, for text you want to load on Header
  4. Enter the script in lower text area, for text you want to load on Footer
  5. Click on Save Changes button

Recommended Plugins
* Catch Web Tools for Webmaster Tools, To Top, Catch IDs and so on
* Essential Content Type
* Contact Form 7 for Contact Form
* WP-PageNavi for Numeric Pagination
* Regenerate Thumbnails to for Regenerating Thumbnails
* Jetpack for Infinite Scroll, Gallery, Stats, Image CDN and many more

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